Chapter 496 Arrival at the Capital
A water world was also built in the capital, and they called it the water city.
The capital's water city is different from the floating city. It is a water city made up of ships. Each ship is 230 meters long and 35 meters wide.
Each ship is a district. When a disaster occurs, such as the landslide a while ago, these ships will be separated to reduce the damage caused by the disaster. In normal times, when there is nothing going on, the ships are all together to form a large floating city.
The boat was covered with a transparent cover made of water mushrooms, forming an enclosed space with many large-leaf grasses planted in it. Xia Xiaoman guessed that it was the immortality grass that Lu Lanshan mentioned.
The lights on the boat were bright, and people were coming and going. As soon as Xia Xiaoman and others' car approached the floating city, someone immediately stopped them.
After checking Xia Xiaoman's ID and confirming that there was no problem with their identity, the people in the capital allowed them to enter the water city.
After entering the water city, Xia Xiaoman and his team split into three groups. Sun Qing and Ye Xiaojie led a few people to escort Qiao Wan to collect the space jade that she had applied for, Li Yu'e and his team went to inquire about the situation in the capital, and Xia Xiaoman went to the capital's agricultural department to buy immortal grass.
The herb of immortality is not a rare commodity in the capital. The reason why it has not been spread to other cities is because of the weather and environment at the time. The capital felt that there was no need to spend too much money to transport the herb of immortality to other cities.
After Xia Xiaoman bought the immortality grass from the Agricultural Affairs Department and threw it into the space, he went to meet Li Yu'e and the others.
"How is it, have you heard any useful information?"
Li Yu'e shook her head. "They were just showing off to us how great the capital is. We didn't get any useful information."
As soon as the people they met opened their mouths, they could immediately tell that they were not locals, and then they would start to brag to them about how safe it was to live in the capital, how secure their lives were, how they had no worries about food and clothing, and that their living standards were almost the same as before the disaster.
Xia Xiaoman said, "It doesn't matter if we didn't get any information. The people we met were just ordinary people. We probably won't get any useful information from them."
"Let's find a place to rest for the night! We will go collect supplies tomorrow and go back after we're done. Don't stay outside for too long."
Xiao Zheyu pointed to the boat next door and said, "That boat is specially used to receive foreign tourists. I just asked. A single room costs 25 points a day, a double room costs 30 points for ten days, a triple room also costs 30 points, and a large bunk bed costs 50 points, but it can sleep 8-10 people."
"So expensive?" Xia Xiaoman frowned. 25 points was enough for a day's salary for many people in their Floating City.
Li Yu'e said, "The prices here are quite expensive. This is just for accommodation. If you want to use hot water for a shower, you need to pay extra. You also need to pay for food separately."
"B&Bs are cheaper." Su Ran said, "I just asked around, and some people rent out their rooms. A single room costs 20 points, and meals are not included, but you can use hot water as you like."
"But some B&Bs are not very safe. I heard there may be scams or lost luggage."
Xia Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "Just stay at the official hotel. It doesn't matter if it's a little more expensive. At most, I can go back and ask Lu Lanshan to reimburse me."
Li Yu'e nodded, "Okay, then what room do you want to book? I'll go book it now."
Xia Xiaoman said: "See if the hotel has enough double rooms. If so, book all of them."
It’s not that she was reluctant to book a room, but when she was away from home, it was better to live with companions so that if something happened, they would be able to take care of them.
Li Yu'e responded and took Wen Ling to book a room. Xia Xiaoman turned her head to look at Xiao Zheyu, "Do you know any good restaurants nearby?" After such a long journey, it's time to have a good meal.
Xiao Zheyu thought for a moment and said, "There is a canteen in the hotel. I heard the food there is quite good. Some locals even come to the hotel canteen to eat."
"Then let's have dinner in the dining hall tonight! You take the others to the hotel and settle them down first. When Qiao Wan and the others come back, we'll have dinner together, and then we'll be free to go wherever you want, but you can't leave the water city."
Xia Xiaoman arranged the itinerary for tonight and took Maodan and Nini to the hotel.
As soon as she entered the hotel, Xia Xiaoman was stopped by someone. "Madam, I'm sorry, we don't allow pets in our hotel."
Xia Xiaoman looked around and said, "There's no sign saying pets are not allowed here. Are you sure pets are not allowed in?"
The other party smiled formally, "Yes, ma'am, our hotel does not allow pets. I'm really sorry."
Li Yu'e, who was checking in, saw Xia Xiaoman being stopped and hurried over to ask, "Xiaoman, what's wrong?"
Xia Xiaoman explained: "This hotel doesn't allow Maodan and Nini to enter, let's go to another hotel!"
Li Yu'e was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Okay, then I'll ask the front desk to refund the money." It was her negligence that she forgot to ask if she could bring her pet in before booking the room.
Li Yu'e ran to the front desk and returned the room card. "I'm sorry, there are two wolves in our team. It's not convenient to stay here. Please help me check out."
The receptionist was stunned when she heard this, "Will the wolves in your team attack people on their own initiative?"
Li Yu'e shook her head, "No."
"As long as you can ensure that the pet will not attack people, you can bring your pet into the hotel and you don't need to check out."
Hearing what the receptionist said, Li Yu'e frowned, "But the security guard at the entrance of your hotel said that pets are not allowed to enter your hotel. Our captain was stopped outside by him."
When the receptionist heard this, her expression changed. "I'm sorry, maybe the security guard misunderstood. I'll go explain it to him."
Li Yu'e saw the expression on the front desk's face and immediately understood what was going on. It was probably because the security guard saw that Xia Xiaoman was from another place, so he deliberately made things difficult for her.
"No need to explain, just refund your money and check out!" This isn't the only hotel in the capital. Why should I pay for a room and then have to put up with their bullshit?
Seeing Li Yu'e's angry face, the front desk clerk cursed the security guard in her heart. 25 double rooms! Such a big customer was offended by the security guard.
In order to prevent the big customer from leaving, the front desk immediately contacted the manager and asked the manager to come forward to resolve the issue.
When the manager learned what had happened, he scolded the security guard, then apologized to Xia Xiaoman with a kind face and promised to give each of Xia Xiaoman and his friends a free breakfast. Only then did Xia Xiaoman agree to continue staying in the hotel.
An hour later, Qiao Wan and the others came back. Xia Xiaoman took all the crew members to the hotel canteen for dinner. After eating and drinking, Xia Xiaoman told the crew members to rest early because they had to travel the next day.
After returning to the room, Xia Xiaoman took a hot bath and lay down on the bed to rest.
After sleeping for an unknown period of time, Maodan suddenly climbed onto the bed and gently pushed Xia Xiaoman with his claws. Xia Xiaoman suddenly opened his eyes and took out a pistol from the space.
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